US PARAS 2 Beets, Ronnie Dean

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Beets ​

• FORENAME

Ronnie Dean ​

• UNIT

502 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company B,2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Specialist Fourth Class ​

• NUMBER

442381894 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th October 1972 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Memory Lane Cemetery,Anadarko,Caddo County,Oklahoma ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Odessa,Texas​

born 13.2.1944 Cyril,Caddo County,Oklahoma​

grew up Odessa,Texas​

son of Mr and Mrs Beets,Oklahoma City,Oklahoma​

husband of Merilyn (nee Farley) Beets (married August 1962) (2 adopted children)​

graduated Ector High School,Odessa 1962​

attended University of Oklahoma (post Vietnam)​

entered service 1966​

Fort Bliss,Texas (basic training)​

Fort Benning,Georgia (AIT and Airborne School)​

award Silver Star​

WIA 13.8.1967 near Chu Lai,South Vietnam​

medically retired 1970​

DOW Medical Center Hospital,Odessa,Texas​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 24E Line 111​

Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Texas ​

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